The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-12-15
Congress.
by telegraph to the Ash evfIls Citizen.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14.-SENATE
Hoar from the committee on privi
leges and elections presented re-
port in the West Virginia case He
said that the report is unanimous.
The questions raised were very sim.
ple ores, and easil v comprehended
One of them had been, long ago
determined by the Senate and he
su posed that all the Senators had
had occasion to reflect on the other.
In order that the Senator be enti-
tied to his seat and might enter at
oIfce upon his duties, he hoped there
would be no objection to having the
report disposed of at present.
The report was read at length. 1t
concludes with two resolutions a:
One declaring that Daniel H. Lucas
is not entitled to his seat; and the
other declaring that Cha.les J Faul-
kner has been elected Senator from
the State Of West Virginia for the
term Of six years. commencing the
4th of March 1887, aud is entitled
to his seat in the Senate as such a
Senator.
Resolutions were agreed to viUa
vyce-and the oath of office was
thereupon adminiGteredto Faulkner.
Mr.. Hoar then moved that Mr..
Faulkner be assigned to the commit
tees on Claims, of the District of
Colum bia, Mines and Mining, and
Pensions. Agreed to. Harris from
the committee on rules reported an
amendment to the 3ld rule. That
rule provides that where an adverse
report is made Oh a claim, and the
report agreed to, it snail not be in
order to move to take the papers
! from file for, the purpose of re fering
them to 81 ubeequetly session unless
the petition states that new evidence
has been discovered, and the SUBJ
stance of it. The amendment is
to add to the rule clause that in
cases where there is no adverse re-
port, it shall be the duty of the Sec
retary of TIE Senate to transmit all
such papers to the committee in
which such claims are pending.
Agreed to.
Among the bills introduced and
referred were the following:
By George-To protect the inno-
cent purchaser of patented articles,
making it a valid defence against
actions for infringement if that arti
Gle was b,uSht-tor use or consump-
ton, not for sale, AMI in good faith
and iii the usual ooulse of trade ;
and providing that all p,tents sha
be subject to purchase by the gov
ernment for general Use at a re son
able valuation. Referred to the
committee on PatSntf, after all
effort had been made to have it
sent to the judiciary committee.
The Senate then took up the bill
introduced hy Morrill, to regulate
inlmi grafton, and WAS addressed by
that Senator. In cxplapation and
advocacy of the bill, its main object,
he said, was to h We character of
foreign immigrants examined, irst
by U. S. COnsuls at pu.ls of dspart-
ure instead at the ports of arrival.
The foreign idea, he said, -; that
the United States invited free immi-
grafton regardless Of the character
of immigrants, but the American
idea was that it never really offered
ali asylum to c nviets, to irreocncil
able enemies OF the law and order,
or to occupants of the d worlds
insane &syiums and workhouses.
The doors we're left open only t.
percons of good moral character.
Tho fact that nearly five million
immigrants had come to this coun.
try within the last ten years proved
that the question was one of very
great importance. The great Amer
ican principle of free admission Of
immigrants was not proposed TO be
abandoned but that principle ha /
talWays heen on the eondi-
ton that immigrants should be
OF good moral character, and should
J be ab to support themselves At tho
confusion of his remarks, Morrill,
moved tn It his bill be referred TO
the Judiciary committee but it being
suggested bythat committee that The
subject more properly belong to The
committee on Foreign Relations,
he moved that reference. THE
latter motion was agreed to, and